Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In June, while the earth was experiencing a record-breakingly hot summer, a scientific paper was published in Nature Geoscience suggesting the planet’s long-term temperature rise could be double what was previously predicted by climate models. Drawing on the collaborative efforts of 17 international scientists, the same bleak study argued that the effects of climate change,…
Melissa McCarthy plays detective Connie Edwards, who works with puppet partner Phil Philips (performed by Bill Barretta), in “The Happytime Murders,” a comedy directed by Brian Henson, the son of late puppet master Jim Henson. Hopper Stone/courtesy of STX Entertainment There are circumstances under which I could recommend The Happytime Murders, Brian Henson’s long-at-ninety-minutes detective…
‘The Happytime Murders’ Review: Melissa McCarthy’s Painfully Unfunny Puppet Noir Is an Utter Abomination The worst movie of the summer is here. /Author byline Share Tools /Share Tools IndieWire owes our readers an apology. Last week, in a moment of desperate optimism and/or extreme naïveté, this critic declared “Mile 22” was “far and away…
The Happytime Murders may not be this summer’s funniest movie. It may not be the smartest, or the most imaginative, or even, fundamentally, coherent. But it is most assuredly this summer’s only movie in which the plot hinges on the graphically depicted pubic hair of a nymphomaniac puppet. Life of the Party review – Melissa…
Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks is tweaking the business model for his video streaming startup after falling short of his initial expectations for subscriber growth. When CuriosityStream was launched in 2015, Mr. Hendricks predicted that between five million and seven million people would pay to view the company’s blend of documentaries and other non-fiction content within two…
[if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif]WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Detective Comics #985 by Bryan Hill, Phillipe Briones, Adriano Lucas and Sal Cipriano, on sale now. ads ninja 2.0 : printing the ad: mid intro It’s not unusual to for Batman to ponder whether his methods help create the very monsters he fights,…
Cheddar Inc. set out to upend traditional cable TV with its financial news-focused streaming service. Now it is making a push onto the cable dial. The company this week went live on WOW, a Denver-based cable and broadband provider with close to 800,000 subscribers. The network has been made available to about 400,000 of WOW’s…
The shift towards audio and voice-based digital user interfaces forces publishers to develop new tools, adapt workflows and ensure new ways of monetization. This week, Google DNI has approved to co-fund a €1.2 million open-source project with a collaborative approach we now will be working on until the end of 2020. It is called VAMP — pun…
‘What? You just said you have never shopped for a fucking mattress?!’ —Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye, Season 1 Such an effort If he only knew of my plan In just seven days I can make you a man —Dr. Frank-N-Furter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Some things are just too pure for this weird…
The Benjamin Bar & Lounge at the Trump Hotel in DC is one of the only places young Republicans can find a date. Photo: Trump Hotel In an article published yesterday by Fox News, Trump administration and Republican congressional staffers bemoan the difficulty of dating in DC. We’ve seen this kind of story before, but…